Andrew Coppin wrote:

>> >> Maybe I should make 4 languages named after the 4 elements: earth,
>> >> air, fire, and water.
>> >
>> >    Just call it 'Element'
>>
>> ...or "LMN-t" (= "El-em-en-t") ;)
> 
> Oooo, cleaver 8^D

Not really, it's one of the hypotheses for the origin of the word "element". 
From www.dictionary.com:

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin elementum, perhaps ultimately 
from lmn, first three letters of the second half of the Canaanite alphabet, 
recited by ancient scribes when learning it.]

;)

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